Rebuild or Refinish?

[Wimblees@aol.com]

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In a message dated 11/22/02 9:53:44 AM Central Standard Time, 
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net writes:

> I prefer to not have to put the piano through plate and string assembly with 
> a new finish.  It's easy to nick it up.  So I usually send it to the 
> finisher after I am done with the rebuild.  The only real problem the plate 
> causes is the finishing of the inner rim.  So, I strip and sand the finish 
> on the inner rim when the plate is out.  There are exceptions.  I am doing 
> a piano now that was painted white, including the inner rim.  The work 
> involved in removing the white was extensive enough that I sent it off 
> after the board was done but without the plate.  When it came back I only 
> needed to drop the plate and go from there.  I picked up an apron for the 
> case so that I could work around the piano without damaging the finish on 
> the sides, covered the stretcher with a thick piece of felt during 
> restringing, and covered the front edge of the key bed.  
>  
> David Love
>  
> >>  
> 

My refinisher also did the board. (much better than I could have done it), 
and sometimes even the plate. When I got the case, plate, and legs back, I 
would do the stringing. I covered the stretcher with a piece of 1" x 4" wood 
with felt under it, which I taped to the case. I also got a piece of 
nogahide, about 15 feet long and 2 feet wide, that I taped to the rim. That 
protected the piano all the way around. 

Yes, I had to be careful. But the finisher was willing to come back and do 
some minor touch ups, sometimes (if it wasn't too bad) for free, instead of 
having to deal with a heavy case.

Wim 

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